#16C985#16C985

#16C985 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.164 H 159.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16C985
RGB	rgb(22, 201, 133)
HSL	hsl(157, 80%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(157, 89%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(89.1%, 0%, 33.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.98, -56.98, 22.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.98, 61.30, 158.34°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% -0.1542 0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.164 159.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.4483, 43.6340, 29.2667)
Luminance	0.4364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16C985 #C9165A

analogous

#16C92C #16C985 #16B3C9

triadic

#16C985 #8516C9 #C98516

tetradic

#16C985 #2C16C9 #C9165A #B3C916

square

#16C985 #2C16C9 #C9165A #B3C916

split-complementary

#16C985 #C916B3 #C92C16

monochromatic

#0A5B3C #109260 #16C985 #33E9A4 #6BEFBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#16C985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#16C985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16C985

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16C985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16C985	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B981

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AB8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16c985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 201, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.164 159.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7adba9',
    500: '#16c985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16c985;
$custom-light: #7adba9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16c985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.207,
    "s": 80.269,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7389,
    "c": 0.16446,
    "h": 159.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16C985

secondary

#D46790

accent

#317CF7

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#EFFBF4

border

#CAD4CE

text

#0B150F

muted

#7C837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16C985

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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